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Two thirds of Parkinson’s patients do not get their medication on time
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Depression may be common among PwPs, but it's not a sign of weakness
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The drug could slow down and stop Parkinson’s progression
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Are UK hospitals safe for people with Parkinson’s?

Two thirds of Parkinson’s patients do not get their medication on time

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Alone in a Crowd

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Parkinson’s and depression: it’s not all in your mind

Depression may be common among PwPs, but it's not a sign of weakness

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Prostate drug could “change the lives of people with Parkinson’s”

The drug could slow down and stop Parkinson’s progression

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sex and Parkinson's

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Regular sex improves Parkinson’s symptoms for men, study finds

Regular sex can lessen effects of Parkinson’s in men

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Testing on animals

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Parkinson’s and animal testing: the case against

In the second in our series, we explore the debate

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Do we have the right to test Parkinson’s medications on animals?

We explore the debate surrounding Parkinson’s and animal testing

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fitness

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Age, smoking and lack of fitness increase risk of Parkinson’s

More than 7300 male veterans took part in the study

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compulsive behaviour

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Parkinson’s drugs may lead to compulsive behaviours such as gambling

The study tested 411 people over a three year period

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Head injury

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A single head injury could increase risk of Parkinson’s

A study has found a link between head injuries and Parkinson’s

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STEP – The lived experience of Parkinson’s disease

STEP™ hopes to give a voice to people living with Parkinson’s

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Parkinson’s prevalence expected to increase by 18% in next seven years

Aging UK population could see increase in Parkinson’s over time

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Parkinson's pandemic lead

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Neurological disorders – including Parkinson’s – are leading source of disability globally

Parkinson’s is world’s fastest growing neurological disorder

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£16,000 a year: the hidden price of Parkinson’s

Research reveals the monetary cost of Parkinson’s for UK families

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Muhammad Ali’s death “has raised Parkinson’s awareness”

Muhammad Ali’s legacy lives on

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Bloem, Okun, Lindvall

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How close are we to a Parkinson’s breakthrough? Three experts have their say

Renowned experts give their opinions on the next breakthrough

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100 for Parkinson’s: patients suffer lower moods, higher stress levels and poorer sleep quality

Latest findings from 100 for Parkinson’s study released

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Sniffer dogs lead

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Paws for thought: dogs sniff out Parkinson’s disease with 90% hit rate

Dogs have been trained to sniff out Parkinson’s disease

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100 For Parkinson's lead

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High blood pressure, arthritis and depression are most common conditions in Parkinson’s patients

“We cannot gather too much data”

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PD UK survey

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More than a third of Parkinson’s patients hide symptoms “out of fear or shame”

Parkinson’s patients “too afraid” to reveal diagnosis

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Pyhsiotherapy APPDE

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Why we should treat this ‘damaging’ study on physiotherapy in Parkinson’s with caution

President of APPDE calls PD REHAB trial “damaging”

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How virtual reality is giving Parkinson’s patients a ‘disease-free’ Second Life

Second Life: a (virtual) world without Parkinson’s

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Are we too focused on the search for a Parkinson’s cure?

We ask Parkinson’s experts for their views on this controversial debate

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Lewy body dementia: “The worst of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s together”

Shedding light on the dementia often mistaken for Parkinson’s

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“Brain Surgery Live is a modern medical miracle the public deserved to see”

Exposure for such modern miracles is crucial, argues Justin Rossi

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The future generation of advanced therapies for Parkinson’s

Dr Kieran Breen explores the potential of stem cell & gene therapies

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Neurologists should be ‘guides not gods’ – Part 2

Top expert Bastiaan Bloem argues the case for a more holistic approach

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Neurologists should be ‘guides not gods’ – Part 1

Why physicians need to come down from their 'ivory towers'

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Musical therapy study to receive $20 million in funding

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is donating US $20 million to a medical trial researching the effects of musical therapy on brain conditions, including Parkinson’s. The trial will be carried out by the Sound Health initiative, a joint partnership between the NIH and The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The initiative was created to expand current knowledge of how listening, performing and creating music could be harnessed for health and wellness. Francis S. Collins, director of the NIH, said: “We know that the beat of a metronome can steady the gait of someone with Parkinson’s disease, for example, but we don’t fully understand how that happens. “If we can pinpoint in the brain how music therapy works through the use of imaging and biomarkers, the hope is that we can improve its effectiveness and apply it more broadly to improve the lives of millions of people.”

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2 weeks ago

Researchers develop automated system to diagnose Parkinson’s

In an international study, researchers from the US, Germany and Austria have used a non-invasive MRI method to develop an automated system that can diagnose Parkinson’s. As part of the study – published in medical journal ‘The Lancet Digital Health’ – researchers worked with 1,002 patients and used an imaging method that measures how water molecules diffuse in the brain. This helped them to identify where neurodegeneration is occurring. Researchers hope this will help improve the accuracy of early Parkinson’s diagnoses – which they estimate to be around 58%. Dr David Vaillancourt, who led the study, said: “Our method may help to reduce the number of misdiagnosed cases in the future. Since these diseases require unique treatment plans and different medications, and clinical trials testing new medications require the correct diagnosis, getting it right is important for patient care.”

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3 weeks ago

MJFF announces $10 million competition for Parkinson’s

The Michael J Fox Foundation has launched the ‘Ken Griffin Alpha-synuclein Imaging Competition’ – a US $10 million programme aiming to develop a game-changing tool for Parkinson’s research. As part of the competition, participating teams will compete in a scientific race to build a device that is able to identify alpha-synuclein – a protein closely associated with Parkinson’s. Although almost everyone diagnosed with Parkinson’s has clumps of alpha-synuclein in the brain, these are currently only visible when analysing tissue during autopsies. The competition is named after Ken Griffin, CEO of US investment firm Citadel who has given US $7.5 million funding to the programme. Griffin – whose father has Parkinson’s – said: “If we have the imaging capability to observe the pathology that arises from protein-misfolding in real time, and understand how drugs are impacting people in real time, that would be a major advance.”

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